Device for practicing golf strokes



Oct. 11, 1932. E. YAGGI I 1,831,991

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This invention relates to devices for practicing golf strokes, and has for its main object to provide a device which is especially adapted for the practicing of golf strokes within doors.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for practicing golf strokes, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, convenient to carry, and

when placed upon the floor will protect same from the blows of the golf club and remain stationary even under repeated action of the blows.

For a clear understanding of the invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing illustrating the same, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the several views of the drawing, similar characters of reference are used to designate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device for practicing golf strokes constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a plan view,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the target,

Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof, a certain part being broken away to better show the construction,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 7,

Fig. 7 is an underside view of Fig. 6, and Figs. 8 and 9 are views corresponding to Figs. 6 and 7 illustrating a modification.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a mat or base preferably of rubber of rectangular form having a raised diamond shaped center 2 with forward and rear end points,

3 and 4 and strips 5 extending longitudinally of the mat or base. The mat or base is provided with a transversely extending rectangular slot 6, and extending longitudinally from said recess at each side thereof and in 5 opposite directions are recesses 7 and 8 formed in the underside 9 of said mat or base.

Supported in the transverse slot 6 is a target 10, which is constructed of flexible sheet 5 rubber and consists of a head 11 in the form Q11 .2-. said -nq kiisa srliti r ica -ll ewenaead and m;

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' qk:l21isin ertqdathi'aushitha Slot 6 of the'mat or. base 1 and the halves 14 and 15 of said neck are bent in opposite directions and forcedwithin the recesses 7 and 8. The recesses 7 and 8 are made of suitable size so that the halves 1a and 15 of the neck 12 fit snugly into said recesses, and the strips of tin 16 in said halves also tend to hold said halves in set positions in said recesses. p

In the modification in Figs. 8 and 9, the base 17 is provided with a slot 18 for receiving the neck 19 of the target 20, and a circular button 21 at the base of said neck is adapted to fit a recess 22 in the underside of said base.

In practice, the mat or base 1 is placed upon the floor, and the player swings his golf club to strike the head 11 of the target 10. The head 11 bends forward and then uprights itself due to its resiliency ready for thenext stroke. The mat or base protects the floor from damage from misdirected strokes and holds the target in a set position against bodily movement. 7

It is thought that the construction and advantages of this device for practicinggolf strokes will be understood and appreciated without further explanation, and it will be understood that slight changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is: l

1. In a device for practicing golf strokes, the combination of a base, the base having an upper and a lower side, the center of the base being raised at its upper side, the raised portion of the base bein of a diamond shape and having forward and rear points, strips extending longitudinally upon the upper side of the base, the raised diamond portion of the base being provided with a transversely extending slot, the base having recesses in its lower side extending from said slot in opposite directions and lateral of each other, a target of resilient rubber, the target having 190 7 aneck, the necli extending through said slot,

1 longitudinally leaving halves, and-the free ends ofsaid halves being bent in opposite-directions and forced into said recesses for fixthe free end of the neck being split in halves, strips of tin embedded in said halves, and said halves being bent in opposite directions and forced into said recesses for holding said target 1n posltlon.

' 2. In a'device for practicing golf strokes,

the combination of a base, thebase-having an upper and a lower side, the base being pro- 7 vided With a slot extending from its upper to its lower side, the base having-recesses in its lower side extending from said slot in opposite''directions and lateral of each other, a

target, the target having aneck, said neck 1 l a passing through said slot, said neck being split ing said neck to said base.

lntestimony whereof I afiii: my signature. Q LAWRENGEE. YAGGI. 

